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New Worlds to conquer: meet the cast of Channel 4's new historical drama
Four of the most talented young actors in the UK are transported to 1680s America for the follow-up to The Devil's Whore
"It shows the beginning of the American dream," says 19-year-old Alice Englert, one of the four co-stars of the Channel 4 drama New Worlds. "What will be fascinating for UK audiences is looking at the beginning, how that dream was always going to be built on something quite… gross." She struggles, engagingly, for the mot juste. In the opening episode, her character scalps a man. It is indeed gross.
"We don't do much long-form drama in the UK," says co-star Jamie Dornan, 31, "so we have to pack a punch within the few hours we have."
